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Personal Data of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors Reportedly Stolen in Hack

Hackers stole the personal information of 997 North Korean defectors after accessing a South Korean resettlement agency’s database, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry. The ministry announced on Friday it became aware of the breach last week when it found that names, addresses, and birth dates of nearly a 1,000 defectors were taken. Ministry…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown Dec 28

Enormous 18th-Century Ice House Re-Discovered Under London Street

Archaeologists in London have re-discovered a subterranean ice house near Regent’s Park. Dating back to the 1780s, the egg-shaped cavern was used to store ice, which was imported from as far away as Norway. Made from brick, the structure would have been one of the largest of its kind at the time, according to the…

Human History George Dvorsky Dec 28

How to Run a Different OS Without Buying a New Computer

Maybe you’ve grown tired of your current laptop or desktop operating system and you just want to try something different. Or maybe you need to use multiple OSes for work. Either way, the need for a new operating system doesn’t mean you need a whole new computer. There are numerous ways to run other operating…

Gadgets David Nield Dec 28

Into the Spider-Verse Lifted a Key Line of Dialogue from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man

Because Spider-Man: into the Spider-Verse is primarily about Miles Morales and not Peter Parker, the film is very careful about how it tosses around Uncle Ben’s famous words about “great power” and “great responsibility” so as not to distract from the movie’s central narrative focus. But a new revelation adds more charm to the already…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28

‘Super Blood Wolf Moon?’ Now We’re Just Making Shit Up

I will not stand for the normalization of pseudoscience.

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 28

A High-Speed Camera Mounted to a Lawnmower Blade Gives You a Front-Row Seat to Gadget Carnage

There’s no shortage of slow-motion footage out there on the internet, but there is a shortage of original ideas. Slo-mo explosions just don’t hold our attention like they used to, but by attaching his high-speed camera to a spinning lawnmower blade, YouTube’s tesla500 gives us a fantastic front-row seat as old electronics get shredded and…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Dec 28

Mom Busts Son Using Alexa to Solve His Math Homework

If you got an Amazon Alexa device for Christmas, you might want to keep a closer eye on the wily kids in your house. Last week, a New Jersey mom caught her son red-handed using the virtual assistant to cheat on his math homework. Yerelyn Cueva posted a short 11-second clip of her 6-year-old son…

Tech News Victoria Song Dec 28

Jude Law’s Captain Marvel Character Is Going Through an Identity Crisis

The Mr. Rogers film lands a sensible title and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’s star discusses the end of an era. Plus, Fandango has nicely released a slew of new images from 2019 films we’re looking forward to—Aladdin, Shazam, Pet Sematary and more. Spoiler away! Captain Marvel CBR reports Captain Marvel’s official…

Television James Whitbrook Dec 28

Industrial Chloroform Emissions Are Rising, and That’s Bad News

One of the rare bright spots amidst the environmental hellscape of 2018 was a United Nations report that the ozone hole was on track to be fully healed by mid century. But because no good news comes without caveats, scientists are now reporting that overlooked emissions of chloroform, which are on the rise in East…

Earther Maddie Stone Dec 28

Our Favorite Gizmodo Videos of 2018

For years, tech and media companies big and small have been trying to pivot to video. In 2018, a lot of those pivots are turning into trips and falls. But not here at Gizmodo. We’re making videos about tripping and falling. Other stuff, too! No, seriously. While Facebook is offering D-List celebrities series on Watch…

Reviews Danielle Steinberg Dec 28

Bird Box Is the First Great Monster Movie About This Poisonous Invention

Have you watched the new Netflix movie Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock yet? It’s been divisive, with some people saying they love it and other people claiming that they hate it. But I absolutely loved it, and I have a theory about one of the most difficult questions of the entire movie: What are the…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 28

FDA Plans to Meet With E-Cigarette Makers Over Teen Vaping Concerns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is planning to meet with the manufacturers of e-cigarette products over what it’s consistently called an “epidemic” of teen vaping. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Thursday that he is contacting company heads of e-cig makers “to meet to discuss commitments they made last month, and why…

Health Catie Keck Dec 28

Blue Light Appears Above New York After Transformer Explosion at Con Edison Plant in Queens

New York’s night sky was bathed in a green-blue light Thursday night, with police saying that an investigation into the cause is currently underway but that they believe it may have resulted from a transformer explosion at a power plant in the Astoria neighborhood in Queens. “The lights you have seen throughout the city appear…

Tech News Catie Keck Dec 27

Facebook’s Reported ‘Rulebooks’ Show It’s Got a Serious Content Moderation Problem

There are mere days left in 2018, but Facebook’s eternal year of reckoning continues. A new report from the New York Times has pulled back the curtain on part of Facebook’s internal struggle to get its hands around the complex problems housed on its platform, not the least of which include disinformation and hate. The…

Social Media Catie Keck Dec 27

Dead Ant Pits an ’80s Hair Metal Band Against Giant Killer Ants

You’ve seen movies with hair metal bands, and you’ve seen movies with giant killer monsters. But what happens when a hair metal band fights giant killer monsters? You get Dead Ant. Dead Ant follows the members of has-been band on the way to Coachella who decide to take mushrooms at Joshua Tree for inspiration. From…

Trailers Germain Lussier Dec 27

What Old Tech Needs to Make a Comeback in 2019?

With the end of the year upon us, all of the most recent trends are officially dead and it’s time to make some new ones. But rather than thinking about which appliance should be connected to the internet next, we want to know which old tech features, gadgets, and doo-dads deserve to be rescued from…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 27

Scientists Got Fruit Flies Drunk and Maybe Figured Out Why We Get Buzzed

Anyone who’s been part of a rowdy New Year’s celebration knows that a little alcohol can make us euphoric, energetic, and affectionate. But the more we drink, the more we descend into a (sometimes life-threatening) stupor. The scientists behind a recent study claim to have worked out how that initial buzzed feeling happens, all thanks…

Biology Ed Cara Dec 27

Samsung’s Remote Access Feature Sounds Like Chromecast on Steroids

CES is less than two weeks away and with it will come a whole slew of announcements about the TVs your living room will covet in 2019, but Samsung has made one announcement early that reads like a souped up version of Chromecast. Its 2019 TV sets will allow you to remote access your computer.…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Dec 27

Nearly 2 Million People Sign Petition to Sue France Over Climate Inaction

If France isn’t willing to take action on climate change on its own, well, the courts are always an option to force the government’s hand. More than 1.8 million people worldwide have signed a petition from environmental groups to sue the French government for failing to take sufficient action on the matter. These groups, which…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 27

The Your Name Remake Will Be Americanized, According to Its Screenwriter

Ever since that whole Ghost in the Shell live-action debacle, audiences have been wary of how the J.J. Abrams-produced Your Name remake would adapt its source material. Would the live-action film stay close to Makoto Shinkai’s original film, or would it do the thing that most American anime adaptations do and, well, make it American?…

Movies Beth Elderkin Dec 27

Personal Data of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors Reportedly Stolen in Hack

Enormous 18th-Century Ice House Re-Discovered Under London Street

How to Run a Different OS Without Buying a New Computer

Into the Spider-Verse Lifted a Key Line of Dialogue from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man

‘Super Blood Wolf Moon?’ Now We’re Just Making Shit Up

A High-Speed Camera Mounted to a Lawnmower Blade Gives You a Front-Row Seat to Gadget Carnage

Mom Busts Son Using Alexa to Solve His Math Homework

Jude Law’s Captain Marvel Character Is Going Through an Identity Crisis

Industrial Chloroform Emissions Are Rising, and That’s Bad News

Our Favorite Gizmodo Videos of 2018

Bird Box Is the First Great Monster Movie About This Poisonous Invention

FDA Plans to Meet With E-Cigarette Makers Over Teen Vaping Concerns

Blue Light Appears Above New York After Transformer Explosion at Con Edison Plant in Queens

Facebook’s Reported ‘Rulebooks’ Show It’s Got a Serious Content Moderation Problem

Dead Ant Pits an ’80s Hair Metal Band Against Giant Killer Ants

What Old Tech Needs to Make a Comeback in 2019?

Scientists Got Fruit Flies Drunk and Maybe Figured Out Why We Get Buzzed

Samsung’s Remote Access Feature Sounds Like Chromecast on Steroids

Nearly 2 Million People Sign Petition to Sue France Over Climate Inaction

The Your Name Remake Will Be Americanized, According to Its Screenwriter

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